| Suggested Walking Plan - Hollywood Road / Cat Street | ||
| The
time suggested are only a rough estimation of the walk. You certainly can
take your time to explore what treasure is hidden along Hollywood Road or
Cat Street. There are more than 70 antique shops in the area. If you are
a treasure hunter, you may eventually take much longer time for this walk
than suggested. |
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| 1)
After lunch around 1:15pm - Take your early
lunch in Central to avoid the business lunch hour which normally begins
at 1pm. Or you can have lunch somewhere and take the MTR
to Sheung Wan Station. Go to the Western
Market to start this walk. |
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| 2)
~2:00 pm - Take a walk along Bonham
Strand and Wing Lok Street. Local people called this area "Nam
Bug Hong"
in Cantonese, meaning shops doing trades linking "North to South".
There are many Chinese
medicinal ingredients and dried food wholesalers). |
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| 3)
~2:15 pm - Walk up Morrison Street and
find Queen's Road Central. |
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| 4)
~2:30 pm - Walk up the slope and find Lok
Ku Road, there are some shops along this road. Cat Street (Upper
Lascar Row) is just one street above it. |
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| 5)
~2:45 pm - Along Cat
Street, there are some open hawker stands
in front of those antique shops. They mainly sell very low price collectible
items. |
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| 6)
~3:15 pm - Or you can walk up the steps
on Ladder Street to Hollywood Road. On your right
hand side, there are yet a stretch of antique shops that you can
check out. Another choice is to go to the Man Mo
Temple, which should be right in front of you now. |
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| 7)
~3:45 pm - After visiting the Man Mo Temple,
you can continue to walk eastward to the core Central area. There are some
antique dealers along the way. |
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| 8)
~4:15 pm - Getting tired now? This is why we
suggest that you should begin your walk from Sheung
Wan instead of from Lan Kwai Fong. At Soho,
you will find more cafes than in Sheung Wan. When you see the pedestrian escalator hanging above your head near Shelly Street, you are not far from a few good cafes. Walk up Shelly and you'll find Staunton Street. You should find immediately two open cafes in front of you. On your left is "Pepperonis Pizza Cafe" and on your right is "Staunton's Wine Bar and Cafe". Both are good cafes to enjoy a cup of coffee and watch the HongKong life goes by. (To check out more info on Soho, click on Staunton Street or Elgin Street's hyperlinks.) |
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9) ~4:45
pm - You can choose to return to the core Central District area
by walking down the stone steps on Pottinger Street. The main road you
will meet down the stone steps is Queen's Road Central where you can start
a new session of shopping. |
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| 10)
~5:00 pm - or continue your walk straight on
Hollywood Road towards Lan Kwai Fong. There are still some good antique
shops ahead of you. After about 500 metres round the bend, you will come
to a traffic light, in front of you are three streets: a) if you choose to go for a beer, take a left turn to go to Lan Kwai Fong; b) if you choose to go for shopping, go straight down Wyndham Street. Peddar Building and The Landmark is at the end of the steep slope; c) if you choose to see more arts, the Fringe Club is definitely the choice. It is in the nostalgic Edwardian style building on top of Ice House Street. |
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a) If it's still early for dinner, you might want to go to the Western Market or continue your trip westward to Sai Ying Pun. b) If it's around 6:30 to 7pm, we suggest that you take a tram ride eastward to Wanchai or Causeway Bay. c) If you are feeling hungry, we suggest that you go along Queen's Road Central heading west. Walk past Possession Street you will find a few Chinese Restaurants on the right hand side of the road. They are all famous for their Chiu Chow food. See
shopping tips on Hollywood Road.
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